Professional IT Culture: Law & Society

Introduction

A culture that refers to a particular trait or pattern that is shown by a group of people professionally and is referred to as a professional culture. The day to day workplace has the way things are usually done and this is distinct to every organization. In information Technology workplace there is usually the way things are done professionally. This becomes the accepted way of work in the information technology workplace. Professional IT culture involves the use of technology to do most of the things. Information technology culture is more on constant innovation.

One of the most important aspects of an information technology company’s culture is how communication is portrayed in the organization. When information is exchanged at the workplace then there is communication. An organization that has the culture of constant communication always handles issues better for clarification is usually observed. Communication is one of the most important aspects of an organization because it makes efficiency and productivity increase. Communication makes it possible for an organization to undergo change.

There different reasons that help about change and its effects. The culture of an organization at some point affects change in the organization. (Reardon, 1996, 26) Managers should create the culture for the particular organization and make it know on how it should be undertaken. Communication and productivity of an IT team while are major cultures that are required of an information technology department can be affected by the leadership styles. Change occurs in an organization and most importantly the management determines the success of change. In any organizations information technology employees should always be motivated and the form of motivation should not always be monitory.

Culture is one of the most important aspects of an organization because it makes efficiency and productivity increase. The culture of an organization influences on how certain things are perceived in the organizations. The culture of an organization at some point affects change in the organization. Managers should create the culture for the particular organization and make it know on how it should be undertaken.

Research Methodology and Discussion

In order to come up with a full report, we decided to visit some organizations that are based in information technology. The main way in which we obtained our report was by specifically asking the managers questions. The questions were used as a guide to find out how different information technology cultures are and the way they are applied. The following are sample questions that were asked during the research.

How does the organization culture affect the productivity ratio? Most of the managers admitted that actually, the culture of their particular organization contributed greatly to their success. Some even gave us examples of the said cultures like -offering gifts to the most hardworking employee. This made others also work hard and hence improvement in the company as a whole

The type of research conducted showed that employees have to be motivated for the organizational general performance. It's not always about the money, there are other ways that make an employee become motivated  for example recognition for job well done, it does not incur any costs to managers but for underprivileged employees it can cost everything by keeping employees performance on track and publically appreciating their work motivates them to work harder for more praises. This then shows how different situations should be handled in an organization.

What type of leadership style do they use and what is their effect? Most managers said that the leadership style they used was the democratic style where employees are given a chance to speak their minds and also offer solutions. Apart from asking the question we also observed how work is done in different organizations. Through this, we noticed aspects of collaboration among employees.

This showed a great sense of teamwork among employees, we also noticed that in other organizations there were certificates to motivate employees. Certificates such as the ones given to the best employees of the year of a particular organization were among the motivations that has a great impact on employee. This was later followed by cash prizes to add more value to the given certificates employees. Sometimes this employees never reduce the rate at which organization job is done.

All our research work had evidence that in an IT workplace certain qualities should be followed. It is evident that collaboration in IT workplace to undertake research is a good way to increase productivity. It has numerous advantages and also disadvantages. When work is done in a good way employees should be motivated. Motivation should not always be in form of money. Leaders are the major tools of development and the type of leadership style really affects the organization performance.

Moreover, break the norm this gives employees a feeling of reprieve from normal office duties this can be achieved through setting office fun days, fun education trips and participating in company's events for example evening parties this will encourage them and boost their morale for work next day. Also arranging for on-site and off-site seminars that gives information technology experts a learning experience and professional development. This will help improve the culture of an organization that is focused mostly on success. Giving a pay rise to top performing employees can be difficult but they can be appreciated for their effort by giving them compensation in form of rewards, awards and also leadership opportunities this will inspire more excellence from them and also the rest offering competition which is healthy and profitable for the organization as more work is done efficiently. ("Regional annotated mycobiota new to www. mycotoxin. com," 2011, 22)

Conclusion

The culture of an organization influences on how certain things are perceived in the organizations. This influences can either be positive or negative. A good culture is followed by numerous positive effects while a bad culture is followed by a lot of negative effects. The professional culture of an IT workplace is viewed as one of the most important aspects of any organization and therefore it is used to drive development. This was supported by facts from organizations that we visited. Numerous leadership styles affect the functioning of the organization and this, in turn, affect the professional culture of an IT workplace. Communication and productivity of an IT team can be affected by the leadership styles.

A productive employee is one that is confident in the organization and is always motivated by the particular company. Leadership style affects the morale of an employee. A manager builds the morale of an employee by constantly involving the employee of the company's undertakings. A manager that is not democratic and does not involve the input or say of the employee in matters that affect the company usually makes the morale of the employee to go down. They sometimes diminish the employee feeling of involvement.

There are various ways in which employees and especially IT employees collaborate. Collaboration has various advantages which help in accomplishing the organization goals as a whole. In any organizations, information technology employees should always be motivated and the form of motivation should not always be in terms of cash. Though employees work to earn a living and sometimes it is better to be given cash rewards, our research shows how this is necessarily not the only way. Our research shows that other ways such as providing a cheap and reliable medical facility to the employee are also as important. 

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